Heel for boots and shoes



(No Model.)

T. COOK. Heel for Boots :and Shoes.

No. 242,434. Patented June 7, 1881.-

N. PETERS, Pholo-hthngnph'n Walhlllgiun, B4 c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE 000K, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters PatentNo. 242,434, dated June 7, 1881.

Application filed February 28, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THEODORE COOK, of the city of Trenton, county of Mercer, and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Heels for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of heels for boots, shoes, or slippers; and it 0011- sists in driving through the various layers of leather forming the lifts and top pieces a series of peculiarly-shaped nails having very large and more or less curved heads and slender stems pointed on the ends, which latter protrude through the heel prior to securingto the sole of the shoe, and are passed through said sole and clinched, thereby firmly securing the heel to the shoe, all of which is more fully set forth in the following specification, shown in the accompanying drawings, and referred to in the appended claim.

The object of my invention is to impart metallic \vearingsurt'aces to the under surface of the heel, distributing the same in a horseshoe curve near the edges of the heel, and in such a manner that leather will be interposed between two metallic wearing-surfaces; and, further, that the said metallic wearing-surfaces shall be so constructed as to hold the parts forming the heel together, and also secure said heel to the sole.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improvement through the heel in a curved line developed by the disposition of the nails. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the top of the heel before being secured to the sole. Fig. 3 is a plan of the bottom of the heel. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of .a ladys heel having my improvement therein. Figs. 5 and 6 show the form of the nails employed.

A is the heel, and is of the ordinary shape.

0 are the nails, which are driven through the leather forming the heel, and the points extend through, as shown in Fig. 2, leaving leather interposed between the heads.

B is the sole of the shoe, &c., and is secured to the heel by the extending ends D of the nails 0 being driven through and clinched, as shown in Fig. 1.

The nails 0 are made as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and consist of a large head, E, very (No model.)

wide and tolerabl y thick, as shown, said thickness being equal to or greater than the stem 0. The head is curved transversely, as shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 6. The length of the head is almost as great as the width; but the relation of these two parts may be altered, as considered most et'ficient in the use of this invention. The stem 0 is slightin comparison with the head, and is pointed on the end.

If desired, the shank or stem 0 may be gradually enlarged in all directions, as shown in Fig. 6, or may be suddenly enlarged in either width or thickness, as desired, the main point being to provide a large wearing-surface to the nail.

By interposing leather between the nailheads the heel is not liable to slip in wet and slippery weather, and yet the heel has imparted to it all the requisites of a heel well adapted to wear.

In passing the nails 0 through the heel the latter may be held in a suitable clamp and holes driven through the heel when either wet or dry, and afterward the nails are forced through; or the nails may be driven through the dry leather.

In this construction no distinct top piece is required, unless, in the case ota ladys heel, the same be made of wood; in that case a leather top piece is necessary.

Having now described my invention, whatl claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

As an article of nianut'acture,a heel for boots and shoes, which consists of layers of leather, or leather and wood combined, or other substance from which heels may be made, pro vided with nails which pass through the same and hold them together, said nails being arranged near the edge of the heel, and having wide curved heads, the curve of which corresponds to the curve of the lower edge of the heel, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

THEODORE COOK.

Witnesses:

JAMES S. PHILLIPS, R. S. CHILD, Jr. 

